With my colleague Richard Oglethorpe, I send out an e mail bulletin roughly once a month with news about things going on in South Liverpool (mainly L19 and L18)
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Saturday, 25 May 2013
Friday, 24 May 2013
Garston Park needs painters!
The Friends of Garston Park are looking for people ready to wield a paintbrush next weekend.
On Sunday June 2nd volunteers will be varnishing some of the artwork around the sports pitches on the park And some of the paintwork needs a bit of touching up too
If you can help and can spare a bit of time , please join us on 2 June at 10 am. If you have a paintbrush you can bring, that will help.
The artwork is part of the Great Art project which involved local groups and schools working on boards illustrating aspects of Garston and health and wellbeing. The project was "highly commended" in the recent Echo Environment awards, so we're keen to keep it spic and span
On Sunday June 2nd volunteers will be varnishing some of the artwork around the sports pitches on the park And some of the paintwork needs a bit of touching up too
If you can help and can spare a bit of time , please join us on 2 June at 10 am. If you have a paintbrush you can bring, that will help.
The artwork is part of the Great Art project which involved local groups and schools working on boards illustrating aspects of Garston and health and wellbeing. The project was "highly commended" in the recent Echo Environment awards, so we're keen to keep it spic and span
St George's Hall Trustees
This advert, pasted below, sounds like a great opportunity for anyone who loves Liverpool's history and has the right expertise.
Trustees sought for St George’s Hall
The St. George’s Hall Charitable Trust is looking
to recruit two new trustees to help raise funds for the Hall’s
development.
The Trust has two vacancies on its Board of
Trustees and is hoping to find individuals with the right experience who have a
genuine desire to help improve the Hall and who would act on a voluntary
basis.
Professor Steven Broomhead, Chair of the Trustees,
said: “The Trustees’ role is to identify donors who may be prepared to offer
funding towards the Hall’s continuing development and
restoration.
“We would encourage applications from anyone with
an interest in St. George’s Hall who think they would be able to assist us in
this task. We would be particularly interested to hear from people with
experience in the financial, heritage or regeneration sectors.”
Anyone seeking further information about how to
apply should contact Robin Thomaides, Liverpool City Council, Room 220,
Municipal Buildings, Dale Street L2 2DH (Tel 0151 225 2405) or email
robin.thomaides@liverpool.gov.uk
St. George’s Hall Charitable Trust is a registered
charity established in 1995 to assist in fundraising for the preservation,
restoration and development of the Hall. It has no ownership or management
responsibilities for the Hall, these lie with Liverpool City Council.
Neighbours day in Garston - 31 May
Next Friday (31 May) sees a Neighbours Day event at ESLA on Horrocks Avenue. I decided I wanted to go when I saw the "take away your own cup cake" but that's not all that'll be happening.
Running from 10 to 4 there are activities including zumba, tap dancing classes, cookery demonstrations, family sports competitions and face painting It's all free and sounds like it'll be great fun.
Organisations including LHT and SLH are behind the event.
And they stress that it'll take place EVEN IF IT RAINS as there is space indoors.
There is an equivalent event taking place at Parklands in Speke.
Running from 10 to 4 there are activities including zumba, tap dancing classes, cookery demonstrations, family sports competitions and face painting It's all free and sounds like it'll be great fun.
Organisations including LHT and SLH are behind the event.
And they stress that it'll take place EVEN IF IT RAINS as there is space indoors.
There is an equivalent event taking place at Parklands in Speke.
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Social Liberal Forum conference - 2013
I'm working with colleagues on this year's Social Liberal Forum conference. It's an annual event but this year it's in Manchester rather than in London.
It's on 13th July at Friends House in Central Manchester (near the Town Hall)
We've got an amazing line up of speakers. Vince Cable is on first in the morning but later in the day we'll also hear from Steve Webb who is giving the William Beveridge memorial lecture and from Norman Lamb. And that's before we get into the workshops and panel sessions. (The one I'm particularly looking forward to is about ownership of information. Hopefully there'll be some really good stuff about Freedom of Information in there)
It's a really good chance to discuss policy areas and hear from experts. I'm only sad that I'll miss a bit of it as I am responsible for the stewards which means a bit of a spell on the front desk!
Anyway, if you want to find out more, or book a ticket, the website is www.socialliberal.net (which also has some pretty good articles on it)
It's on 13th July at Friends House in Central Manchester (near the Town Hall)
We've got an amazing line up of speakers. Vince Cable is on first in the morning but later in the day we'll also hear from Steve Webb who is giving the William Beveridge memorial lecture and from Norman Lamb. And that's before we get into the workshops and panel sessions. (The one I'm particularly looking forward to is about ownership of information. Hopefully there'll be some really good stuff about Freedom of Information in there)
It's a really good chance to discuss policy areas and hear from experts. I'm only sad that I'll miss a bit of it as I am responsible for the stewards which means a bit of a spell on the front desk!
Anyway, if you want to find out more, or book a ticket, the website is www.socialliberal.net (which also has some pretty good articles on it)
Garston writing competition
The Friends of Garston Library are organising a writing competition for children and young people to demonstrate their love of books.
The organisation is looking for book reviews. It can be of any book as long as it exists in the Liverpool Library catalogue. Writers don't need to borrow the book from the library to take part. They merely need to check that it is in the collection (the easiest way to do this is on line using www.liverpool.gov.uk)
Winning entries will be published and there'll be a presentation in the Autumn, either at the winner's school or at one of the Friends of Garston Library literary events (of which more later!)
There are very few rules. Reviews have to be at least 100 words long and sent or e mailed in by 31 July.
There'll be a collection box for entries in the library and on the stall at the Garston Fun Day on 22 June. Entries can also be sent in to 75 Canterbury Street, L19 8LQ or e mailed to friends-of-garston-library@hotmail.co.uk as a word attachment.
The upper age limit for entrants is 18.
If you want more information, please e mail me at paulakeaveney@yahoo.co.uk or look out for the information we are sending to schools in South Liverpool.
The organisation is looking for book reviews. It can be of any book as long as it exists in the Liverpool Library catalogue. Writers don't need to borrow the book from the library to take part. They merely need to check that it is in the collection (the easiest way to do this is on line using www.liverpool.gov.uk)
Winning entries will be published and there'll be a presentation in the Autumn, either at the winner's school or at one of the Friends of Garston Library literary events (of which more later!)
There are very few rules. Reviews have to be at least 100 words long and sent or e mailed in by 31 July.
There'll be a collection box for entries in the library and on the stall at the Garston Fun Day on 22 June. Entries can also be sent in to 75 Canterbury Street, L19 8LQ or e mailed to friends-of-garston-library@hotmail.co.uk as a word attachment.
The upper age limit for entrants is 18.
If you want more information, please e mail me at paulakeaveney@yahoo.co.uk or look out for the information we are sending to schools in South Liverpool.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Booker Avenue planning update
The Council is now ready to take in comments on the application for new housing at the junction of Greenhill Road and Booker Avenue (L18)
The link for comments and other details are here.
Most of the relevant information is in the "related documents" section which you'll find at the bottom of the page.
The deadline for on line comments is shown as 6th June.
The link for comments and other details are here.
Most of the relevant information is in the "related documents" section which you'll find at the bottom of the page.
The deadline for on line comments is shown as 6th June.
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